Servant and Master

Servant and Master

Another character study.  
When I started trying to practice more seriously resources to help were numerous - folks had started livesteaming, Conceptart.org was a buzzing place.  Seemed like there were lots of people learning together. Over the past few years it has got a lot more fractured and harder to get that constant nag to work and get better.  There are still lots of resources - free and to pay for but it feels like you have to pick your was through things to find whats useful at the right time.   
Someone who was active getting better backwhen I started and has reappeared streaming is John Silva- you can catch him streaming on  twitch. 
I was listening to his stream when I started noodling with this.  He gave some advice to someone he was critiquing - keep your values close.  That was what I tried to do here. Thanks John.
 

Falls

Falls

Not happy with this one but time to move on. 

Retreat

Retreat

Built this up from a photo base. Nothing much left of the photos except the colour scheme and some texture.  

Roar

Roar

Got back to some portrait sketches. Have some practice work to show later.  This one is of Andy Murray who is playing in a Wimbledon semi final today.   

Swamper

Swamper

An illustration where I tried to keep the colour palette in check.